Fisherman
Pu-Qua
Basic information
- ID
- Г-IV-5531/15
- Author
- Pu-Qua
- Name
- Fisherman
- Date of creation
- late 17th – early 18th c.
- Country
- China
- Culture
- Far East
- Technique
- etching watercolor embossing
- Material
- Indian ink paper
- Dimensions (height x width, cm)
- 29.3 x 24.4
Additionally
- Type
- album sheet
- Genre
- genre art
- Provenance
- Purchased from a private individual
- Exposition
- Zolochiv Castle (Chinese Palace)
Information about author
Object description
The figure of the fisherman is shown in profile, turned two-thirds to the left. The man is dressed in plain clothes. He is barefoot and wearing a straw hat. In his right hand, he holds a straw bucket-basket. On his left shoulder, the fisherman carries square nets attached to long thin bamboo sticks and stitched with thin ribbon crosswise and has cork floats at the corners. The etching comes from the album "Customs and National Costumes of the Chinese," which includes 60 images of Chinese people engaged in various activities. Each image is accompanied by an explanation in German and some in French. In the 18th century, artists in Canton (Guangzhou) in southern China created these paintings for Europeans eager to learn more about China and its people.
Inscriptions
In the lower left corner there is a calligraphic inscription: "Pu-Qua.Canton. Delin." made in Indian ink. In the lower right corner there is an inscription: "Dadley.London.Sculpt". In the top right corner – number "15".
